Thank you for you response. Greatly appreciated. Just wasn't sure if so many hens was ok for him to protect. I do have horses that they run with so thats help too!!!
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I had a flock of 19 chickens and 1 rooster. Have just added another 8 chickens into the mix. My rooster is quite aggressive towards me. I hatched him, done everything wrong with him, was my first rooster, my fault he is the way he is. (Ive learnt how to deal with roosters since then) but he...
Hi, these are my 9 week old chicks. 2 wyandotte and 1 plymouth rock. I think the plymouth is a pullet and one of the wyandottes is a pullet and the other a roo... would like confirmation please. Thank you
Hi, this is my 10 month old silkie. I'm still not sure if it's a pullet or roo. I haven't heard any crowing, but also haven't seen any eggs! So I'm slightly confused on this one!! What do you think? Thanks
Sorry, I should have said in the original post. This hen has gone broody, but we don't want her to hatch out any eggs, nor do we have any fertile eggs for her. She is in with 4 other hens, she has been broody for around 3 or so weeks now. And only started throwing the eggs in the last 2 weeks.
She is with 4 hens no roosters. She just went broody. Don't want her to hatch out any eggs, and don't have any fertile for her to hatch out anyways..... is there something I can do to stop her from throwing the other girls eggs out? Or does she need some fertile eggs?
Hey everyone, I've never had this happen before, so asking for advice. I've got a broody brahma hen right now, but she is actually picking up my other hens eggs with her beak throwing them out of the nest box, then she rolls them all the way out of the coop until they fall on the ground and...